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TITLU:
Strategies
for Developing Information Societies:
The case of Romania
AUTORI:
Corneliu Bjola, IP Fellow
INSTITUTIA:
IPF
DATA:
2001
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Rezumat:
In both economic
and political terms, Romania lags behind most of the CEE developing
countries. This situation deteriorates on a constant basis and is
largely accounted for by very poor governance practices. Growing
political and social alienation threatens even to undermine the
existing democratic system, while double-digit emigration trend
risks to deplete the country of its most qualified human capital.
In short, Romania experiences a very serious structural problem
that has minor chances to be addressed positively through the current
ad-hoc relief measures. The solution proposed by this study consists
in recommending the implementation of a reformist agenda of e-governance
based on two pillars: robust development of public sector information
and large-scale application of Information and Communication Technologies.
In conceptual terms, this strategy is assumed to produce a gradual
shift from the citizen-as-customer to the more participative citizen-as-shareholder
model of governance. In concrete terms, the medium-term benefits
of this policy are political (enhancing the democratization process,
increasing political accountability, and improving the tattered
government-citizen relationship), economic (combating corruption,
creating a transparent and competitive economic environment, and
speeding up standard administrative processes for citizens and business),
and social (restoring public trust, rebuilding social capital, and
increasing the transparency, quality and efficiency of public services).
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